Movers & Shakers: August 03, 2015

Botswana: DCI +0.04%, USD 329k

A rather average day in Gaborone as total value traded amounted to $329k thanks mostly to some action in Stanchart as 165k shares traded in the name.

Kenya: NSE 20 -1.13%, USD 7.1m

Foreigners heavily dominant once again in Nairobi as the absence of any local buying interest continues to hurt the NSE. Volumes today were mostly focused in KNCB (-2%, KES49.00), Safcom (-1.7%, KES14.15) and Equity Bank (-3.8%, KES37.75). Volumes are almost exclusively going through in crosses these days. Outside of these 3 names the market was extremely quiet.

Mauritius: Semdex -0.09%, USD 1.69m

A solid enough start to the week in Port Louis as turnover amounted to $1.69m thanks to some crosses in MCBG (150k shares) and SBMH (14.9m shares).

Nigeria: ASI +0.22%, USD 17.7m

After a dull start the market tried to liven up as the day progressed. However, volumes still remain quiet. The index did rise marginally with both banks (+28bps) and consumers (+14bps) finally finding some strength after a torrid ride last week. Amongst the banks the bulk of the action took place in Zenith (-25bps, N16.02), GTB (+30bps, N23.06) and UBA (-95bps, N4.17). the consumers were headlined by NB (-41bps, N120.50) and Flourmills (+4.93%, N30.43).

Please note that the index figure above is correct at the time of writing.

Zimbabwe: Industrials +0.22%, USD 138k

Nothing to report from Harare as turnover amounted to a paltry $138k.

African Currencies

Country

Notation

Currency

YTD %

South Africa

ZAR

12.70

-8.94

Nigeria

NGN

199.18

-7.93

Kenya

KES

101.50

-10.74

Mauritius

MUR

35.43

-10.39

Botswana

BWP

10.15

-6.28

Tanzania

TZS

2125.00

-18.45

Uganda

UGX

3445.00

-19.56

Rwanda

RWF

721.77

-4.43

Ghana

GHS

3.82

-15.88

BRVM

XOF

601.97

-9.95

Egypt

EGP

7.83

-8.66

Morocco

MAD

9.82

-7.62

Tunisia

TND

1.96

-5.38
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